‘parallel’ cinema clashes with crass: films india loved in 1980s
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AMAR AKBAR ANTHONY (1977) No one can make masala films like Manmohan Desai, and no film in Hindi cinema is more masala than _Amar Akbar Anthony. _ A film about three brothers who are
separated at birth and have been brought up in three different faiths: Hinduism, Islam and Christianity, _Amar Akbar Anthony _is filled with symbolism. A man leaves his three sons under the
statue of Mahatma Gandhi where a Hindu policeman, a Muslim tailor and a Catholic priest subsequently adopt them. They donate blood to one woman, who turns out to be their mother. Through
catchy one-liners and hummable songs, _Amar Akbar Anthony_ is best understood as a nationalistic allegory. In the 1980s, India was ravaged by communal tension. But just as Bharati (played by
Nirupa Roy) needs sustenance from her three sons to survive, the idea of India, Manmohan Desai seemed to say, is defined through an inclusive secularism.
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